#8E2711#8E2711

#8E2711 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.142 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2711
RGB	rgb(142, 39, 17)
HSL	hsl(11, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 88%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 42.28, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 56.64, 41.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.1185 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.142 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9835, 7.2442, 1.2975)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2711 #11788E

analogous

#8E1139 #8E2711 #8E6511

triadic

#8E2711 #118E27 #27118E

tetradic

#8E2711 #398E11 #11788E #65118E

square

#8E2711 #398E11 #11788E #65118E

split-complementary

#8E2711 #118E65 #11398E

monochromatic

#210904 #57180A #8E2711 #C53618 #E75233

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8E2711 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2711 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2711

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2711	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2711	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F540A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2711;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 39, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.142 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b86852',
    500: '#8e2711',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2711;
$custom-light: #b86852;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2711",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.56,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43301,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2711

secondary

#38AAC2

accent

#D3F533

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130702

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2711

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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